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Advent 1

12/2/2019

 

Matthew 24:36-44 (CLick to Read)
Preacher:  John Paul Westin

Raising the DIckens

11/17/2019

 

​LUKE 20:27-40 (CLICK TO READ)
PREACHER: JOHN PAUL WESTIN

as recorded at Saint John Vineyard Church
​Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (taken from the Serendipity Bible): 
  1. What was the last really big exam you had to prepare for?  How did you do?
  2. Why would the Sadducees, an elite religious and political group, pose a question like this to Jesus?
  3. How seriously does Jesus treat this absurd question?  What if he had ridiculed it?
  4. What does Jesus teach about life after death (vv. 34-36)?
  5. How does he then “prove” the resurrection?  (Note the verb tense in this Exodus 3:6 quote and when the burning bush incident took place).
  6. How do the teachers of the law differ in their response?  Why?

Saints Alive!

11/3/2019

 

Luke 6:20-31 (CLick to Read)
Preacher:  JOhn Paul Westin

Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (taken from the Serendipity Bible):

  • Who is in the crowd? Why have they come? How does Jesus meet their needs? How do his actions (vv. 18-19) relate to his teaching (vv. 20-22)?
  • What four qualities ought to characterize "kingdom people" (vv. 20-22)? How would you define each of these? What blessing is promised to each? Are these present blessings or future blessings
  • Who is Jesus addressing (vv. 24-26)? How would you define each warning he gives?
  • How do the values Jesus talks about here compare with the values you are sold on TV?
  • If you could add another "blessed" and another "woe" to counteract present day values, what would you want to add?

The Widow & the Judge

10/20/2019

 

Luke 18:1-8 (Click to Read)
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading:
  • What did you use to get your way with your parents: Sulk? Cry? Bribe? Persist? Force? Wit? What worked best?
  • What method did this woman use as she approached the judge?
  • How is God like and unlike the judge?
  • As for prayer, are you more likely to give up or hang tough? Why?
  • Does this story mean you should keep praying to get rich or to see the coming of God’s kingdom? Why?

Dishonest Managers

9/23/2019

 

Luke 16:1-13 (Click to Read)
Preacher:  John Paul Westin

Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (taken from the Serendipity Bible):
  • Why would it be important for Jesus' disciples to hear this parable?
  • In what crisis does the manager find himself? What plan does he devise? In light of this scheme, why does the owner commend the manager (v.8)?
  • How does Jesus summarize this parable? How do vs. 10-12 help you understand his point?
  • What's the problem with trying to serve two masters (v. 13) What characterizes the Pharisees (v. 14)? How does the parable speak to them?
  • Who (or what) are some of the masters you have served in the past?

Walking Cripples

8/25/2019

 

Luke 13:10-17 (Click to Read) 
PREACHER:  JOHN PAUL WESTIN​

Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (taken from the Serendipity Bible):
  • Are you more of a “the-rules-were-meant-to-be-broken” or a “play- it-by-the-book” sort of a person? Why? Give an example.
  • What does v. 11 tell you about Dr. Luke’s knowledge of medicine? Of spiritual phenomenon?
  • How does Jesus expose the ruler’s hypocrisy?
  • What tensions between caring for people and keeping religious rules do you feel?
  • How do you reconcile this connection between physical and spiritual healing? 

Live Watchfully

8/11/2019

 

Luke 12:32-40 (Click to Read)
Preacher: John Paul Westin

​Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (Luke 12:32-40) taken from the Serendipity Bible:
  • How can you transfer your investments from Wall Street or the TSX to Heaven’s Gate?
  • What is the relationship between watchfulness and worry (vv. 22-34)?
  • Describe the role reversal in v. 37. Why does Peter ask the question in v. 41? Why does Jesus answer as he does?
  • Why does Jesus say they should be ready (vv. 30-40)? Who is the thief? 

Living Reconciliation

7/14/2019

 

Matthew 5:17-26 (Click to Read)
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (Matthew 5:17-26) taken from the Serendipity Bible:
  • As a child, what family rule did you love to break? Why?
  • What did Jesus mean by saying he came to fulfill the law and the prophets?
  • Consider the Ten Commandments (Ex 20:1-17). Which commandments are most difficult for you? Why?
  • What legal case has especially caught your attention?
  • How would Jesus’ teachings in this case hold up in a court of law?
  • In what ways are anger and murder connected? What new standard does Jesus create in regard to the law? 

St. John the Baptist

6/23/2019

 

Luke 1:57-80 (Click to Read)
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (Luke 1:57-80) taken from the Serendipity Bible: 
  • How did you (or would you) celebrate the birth of your first child?
  • Make a list of the things for which Zechariah praises God. How does his song compare and contrast with Mary’s (vv. 46-55)?
  • What does it mean that Zechariah was “filled with the Holy Spirit”? Is that the same experience with the Spirit that believers experience today? Why or why not?
  • What, according to this song, is the purpose of salvation?
  • How does Zechariah’s song show God’s unfolding plan from OT days to the coming of the Messiah?

rISEN gROUP pRAYER: jESUS sHARES hIS glORY

5/26/2019

 

John 17:20-26 (Click to Read)
Preacher:  John Paul Westin


Questions for Personal and Small Group Considerations on the Sunday Gospel Reading (John 17:20-26) taken from the Serendipity Bible:
  • Who is the focus of Jesus’ prayer in verses 20-26? Toward what end? What kind of unity exists between Jesus and God that we should copy?
  • What does Jesus’ ultimate desire (v. 24) reveal about his love for us?
  • How do verses 25-26 sum up the major concerns of Jesus in chapters 13-16?
  • This week, whom have you glorified by the way you lived? How so?
  • How are your prayers for others like and unlike Jesus’ prayer? Do your prayers reflect the short-term or the long-term important needs that people have? What can you apply to your prayer skills from this chapter?
  • How does the fact that Jesus existed before the world began affect the way you live?
  • How important to you is unity with other believers? With whom do you share this unity? How can you experience more unity?
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